Artem Morosow

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Artem Mykolaiowytsch Morosow ( Ukrainian Артем Миколайович Морозов ; born February 29, 1980 in Cherson , Ukrainian SSR ) is a Ukrainian rower .

Morosow started rowing in 1994. In 1998 he took part in the Junior World Championships and finished eighth with the double scull . Ten years later he achieved his first respectable success in the adult class when he won the bronze medal in double sculls at the European Championships in 2008 together with Vitaliy Kryvenko . In 2009 the two finished ninth at the world championships and fourth at the European championships . They were less successful in 2010 when they rowed to tenth place at the European Championships .

In 2012 Dmytro Michai and Artem Morosow achieved second place in the double scull in the Olympic qualification regatta in Lucerne. After finishing eleventh in the Olympic regatta , the two finished eighth in the 2012 European Championships . In 2013, Morosow competed in the European Championships in singles and, as in the previous year, finished eighth in double sculls. At the 2013 World Championships , the Ukrainian double foursome with the line-up Dmytro Michai, Artem Morosow, Oleksandr Nadtoka and Iwan Dowhodko competed for the first time and missed the medal ranks as fourth-placed boat by only half a second. In the same line-up, the Ukrainian four-four won the 2014 European Championships in Belgrade with 0.27 seconds ahead of the British boat. The decision at the World Championships in Amsterdam was even tighter , in the world best time of 5: 32.26 minutes the Ukrainians won 0.09 seconds ahead of the British. In 2015, the Russian double scull won the European Championships ahead of the Ukrainians and the British. At the 2015 World Championships , the Ukrainians missed the A final and were able to qualify directly for the 2016 Olympic Games with second place in the B final with a 0.05 second lead over the New Zealanders. At the European Championships in 2016 , the Ukrainian double quad finished sixth. The Ukrainians also took sixth place at the 2016 Olympic Games .

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